Thesaurus / renounce
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Renounce the good law of the worshippers of Mazda, and thou shalt gain such a boon as the Murderer gained, the ruler of nations.
SOLOMON AND SOLOMONIC LITERATUREMONCURE DANIEL CONWAYThe Dauphin would be perfectly willing to renounce them for himself and for all his descendants.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II.THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAYFrom the father of the latter she received thirty thousand francs to renounce her son.
REPERTORY OF THE COMEDIE HUMAINE, COMPLETE, A -- ZANATOLE CERFBERR AND JULES FRANOIS CHRISTOPHEMark well that I do not renounce the pleasure of changing my opinion or of contradicting myself.
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE, HIS LIFETHOPHILE GAUTIER"A woman will do anything for a man but renounce him," says Lloyd; and she cannot understand this fierce instinct of his.
LOVE'S PILGRIMAGEUPTON SINCLAIRThis alliance was invented by Spain, which will never renounce its project of destroying the boundary of the Pyrenees.
CATHERINE DE' MEDICIHONORE DE BALZACAccordingly, the bishop and the nobles had been forced to renounce their habits of violence and rapine.
THE PILGRIM'S SHELL OR FERGAN THE QUARRYMANEUGNE SUETo him he discovers himself; he orders him to renounce the worship of his fathers, and embrace a new religion.
LETTERS TO EUGENIAPAUL HENRI THIRY HOLBACHConnecticut could not renounce her last hope of securing a part of Narragansett Bay.
A SHORT HISTORY OF RHODE ISLANDGEORGE WASHINGTON GREENENeither of these two classes was willing to renounce the right to resist by violence what they regarded as evil.
MY RELIGIONLEO TOLSTOYWORDS RELATED TO RENOUNCE
- abandons
- abdicates
- abjures
- abstains
- cedes
- desists
- eschews
- forbears
- forsakes
- gives in
- goes on the wagon
- leaves alone
- leaves out
- packs in
- passes
- passes on
- passes up
- quits
- refrains
- relinquishes
- renounces
- resigns
- resists
- sacrifices
- sits out
- surrenders
- swears off
- takes the cure
- takes the oath
- waives
- yields
- abandoned
- abdicated
- abjured
- abstained
- ceded
- desisted
- eschewed
- forborne
- forsaken
- given in
- gone on the wagon
- left alone
- left out
- packed in
- passed
- passed on
- passed up
- quitted
- refrained
- relinquished
- renounced
- resigned
- resisted
- sacrificed
- sat out
- surrendered
- sworn off
- taken the cure
- taken the oath
- waived
- yielded
- abdicate
- cast off
- change one's tune
- desert
- disclaim
- disown
- drift away
- forgo
- forswear
- give up
- have done with
- jettison
- jilt
- kiss goodbye
- leave
- leave flat
- leave high and dry
- quit
- relinquish
- renounce
- repudiate
- resign
- run out on
- set aside
- show the door
- spurn
- surrender
- take the oath
- throw over
- walk out on
- wash one's hands of
- yield
- abdicated
- cast off
- changed one's tune
- deserted
- disclaimed
- disowned
- drifted away
- forewent
- forswore
- gave up
- have did with
- jettisoned
- jilted
- kissed goodbye
- left
- left flat
- left high and dry
- quit
- ran out on
- relinquished
- renounced
- repudiated
- resigned
- set aside
- showed the door
- spurned
- surrendered
- threw over
- took the oath
- walked out on
- washed one's hands of
- yielded
- abdicate
- blow
- book
- bow out
- check out
- cut out
- decamp
- depart
- desert
- drop
- drop out
- evacuate
- exit
- forsake
- get off
- give up
- go
- go away from
- hang it up
- leave flat
- leave hanging
- pull out
- push off
- relinquish
- renounce
- resign
- retire
- run out on
- surrender
- take a walk
- take off
- throw over
- vacate
- walk out on
- withdraw
- yield
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